It has been decades since I wrote about how I spent my summer vacation. Usually I don’t vacation in the summer because of my love affair with my garden. This year however my sister made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. The 2 of us invaded her daughter, my niece and family who live outside…
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Last month I sold my crafts at a recycled arts festival. It was the first time I ever did a big-juried show like this. I up-cycle cowboy shirts into aprons for men, women and children. I also make tooth fairy pillows and my organic cat nip into cat toys. I shop for the fabrics,…
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Our backyard now consists of 2-raised bed gardens separated by a sandy beach. We might be starting a new trend, sandy beach back yards! My husband first extended out into the lawn the garden beds. Both are now about 20 feet long by 8 feet wide. He got sick of mowing and edging the…
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I understand I just lost all my male readers with the title of this blog. Oh well! Paying it forward with tampons is a very woman issue. How many of us have realized we do not have a tampon in our purse, briefcase, desk drawer, bike bag, knapsack or suitcase when we needed it?…
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Last year for my husband’s birthday I gave him a choice; update his passport or check his DNA on an ancestry site. He chose ancestry testing. His Mother, who loved to be dramatic, was always vague about her parents’ history. Other relatives gave many different stories about lineage with Irish and English being the…
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Picking out the music for your funeral or your ‘celebration of life’ is all the rage! Sharing with a friend what I read about popular songs for the ‘occasion’, and found that “Ain’t no Sunshine when she’s gone” is very popular with women. My friend told me she just went to a memorial with that…
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It really is summer here. I lost a few pounds over the winter so I needed to sort out my summer clothes. My summer closet is not a lot different from my winter closet, just short sleeves instead of long and lighter weight fabric in sweaters and trousers. In other words we are not talking…
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It was the best of times, the worst of times. Move over Charles, never had a hot flash in his life, Dickens. If you think this is a bit dramatic, think again! Let me set the scenario: You are Mother of the Bride or Groom or Step Mother or just a good family friend…
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I am a big fan of Chinese Medicine. I talked about my affection for acupuncture before but I haven’t mentioned until now Cupping and Gua Sha. All 3 procedures make a nice cocktail for health. Gua Sha is a scraping that is thought to facilitate toxin release. It is used in areas where there…
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I am a big gardener as is my husband. My main focus is our fruit and vegetable gardens but the whole yard is also an ongoing concern. I readily accept and trade and share plants with neighbors and friends. Dividing hostas, ferns, various perennials and shrubs happens. No one wants to throw away these plants…
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